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Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 99 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (§§ 99-1-1 — 99-51-3)
Chapter 7 - INDICTMENT (§§ 99-7-1 — 99-7-41)
- Section 99-7-1 - Indictment may charge offenses according to common law or statute
- Section 99-7-2 - When two or more offenses may be charged in single indictment; trial, verdicts, and sentences
- Section 99-7-3 - Formal or technical words not necessary
- Section 99-7-5 - Allegations of time; want of perfect venue
- Section 99-7-7 - How instruments pleaded
- Section 99-7-9 - Presentment; entry on minutes of court; warrant to issue; copy of indictment to be served on defendant; informing victim as to status of charge
- Section 99-7-11 - Concurrence of twelve grand jurors required for finding
- Section 99-7-13 - Secret record book; accused may be tried on copy made from record book
- Section 99-7-15 - Authority to inspect indictment limited to certain officers until arrest made
- Section 99-7-17 - Dilatory pleas; must be verified by oath
- Section 99-7-19 - Dilatory pleas; amendment of indictment or information
- Section 99-7-21 - Demurrers; when filed; amendment of indictment
- Section 99-7-23 - Motions to quash
- Section 99-7-25 - Amendment where name of unknown defendant is discovered
- Section 99-7-27 - Gambling or gaming
- Section 99-7-29 - Intoxicating beverage offenses
- Section 99-7-31 - Terms of indictment for larceny or embezzlement of money
- Section 99-7-33 - Libel
- Section 99-7-35 - Lotteries
- Section 99-7-37 - Murder and manslaughter
- Section 99-7-39 - Perjury
- Section 99-7-41 - Perjury; subornation of perjury
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